Average scale scores and percentages for grade 8 reading, by read for fun on your own time, gender and jurisdiction: 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, and 2002
Year	Jurisdiction	Gender	Never or hardly ever		Once or twice a month		Once or twice a week		Almost every day
Year	Jurisdiction	Gender	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage
NOTE: The NAEP Reading scale ranges from 0 to 500. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Analyze results with NAEP Data Explorer. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 Reading Assessments.
2011	National	Male	253	40	261	25	265	22	279	13
2011	National	Female	257	24	265	25	271	26	287	25
2009	National	Male	253	42	259	24	264	21	277	13
2009	National	Female	254	21	263	22	269	27	284	29
2007	National	Male	251	41	257	23	262	22	276	14
2007	National	Female	257	26	265	24	268	26	284	24
2005	National	Male	250	38	257	25	261	23	274	14
2005	National	Female	257	23	265	26	268	28	282	23
2003	National	Male	250	37	259	24	262	23	274	16
2003	National	Female	258	23	266	25	269	28	282	24
2002	National	Male	252	36	260	23	263	24	275	17
2002	National	Female	259	22	267	24	268	29	282	25